Mr Campions Lucky Day And Other Stories

Author : Margery Allingham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140166149
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr Campion's Lucky Day and Other Stories written by Margery Allingham and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of short stories includes spine-chillers enchanced with humour. This collection includes He was Asking After You, Publicity, The Perfect Butler, The Barbarian and Mr Campion's Lucky Day.

Author : Lisa Hopkins
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031298497
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction written by Lisa Hopkins and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Sherlock Holmes onwards, fictional detectives use lenses: Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction argues that these visual aids are metaphors for ways of seeing, and that they help us to understand not only individual detectives’ methods but also the kinds of cultural work detective fiction may do. It is sometimes regarded as a socially conservative form, and certainly the enduring popularity of ‘Golden Age’ writers such as Christie, Sayers, Allingham and Marsh implies a strong element of nostalgia in the appeal of the genre. The emphasis on visual aids, however, suggests that solving crime is not a simple matter of uncovering truth but a complex, sophisticated and inherently subjective process, and thus challenges any sense of comforting certainties. Moreover, the value of eye-witness testimony is often troubled in detective fiction by use of the phrase ‘the ocular proof’, whose origin in Shakespeare’s Othello reminds us that Othello is manipulated by Iago into misinterpreting what he sees. The act of seeing thus comes to seem ideological and provisional, and Lisa Hopkins argues that the kind of visual aid selected by each detective is an index of his particular propensities and biases.

Author : Lisa Hopkins
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030657604
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burial Plots in British Detective Fiction written by Lisa Hopkins and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-24 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burial Plots in British Detective Fiction offers an overview of the ways in which the past is brought back to the surface and influences the present in British detective fiction written between 1920 and 2020. Exploring a range of authors including Agatha Christie, Patricia Wentworth, Val McDermid, Sarah Caudwell, Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Dunnett, Jonathan Stroud and Ben Aaronovitch, Lisa Hopkins argues that both the literal and literary disinterment of the past use elements of the national past to interrogate the present. As such, in the texts discussed, uncovering the truth about an individual crime is also typically an uncovering of a more general connection between the present and the past. Whether detective novels explore murders on archaeological digs, hauntings, cold crimes or killings at Christmas, Hopkins explores the underlying message that you cannot understand the present unless you understand the past.

Author : Gary Warren Niebuhr
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Make Mine a Mystery written by Gary Warren Niebuhr and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a comprehensive guide for mystery and detective fiction, compiling over 2,500 titles from more than 200 authors and including plot overviews, a history of the genre, and a discussion on collection development.

Author : Margery Allingham
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504087895
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Allingham Minibus written by Margery Allingham and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of eighteen classic Golden Age short stories from “the best of mystery writers”—with a tribute by Agatha Christie (The New Yorker). Acclaimed by critics and her peers, Margery Allingham was one of the finest writers of her day, crafting fiction that challenged readers’ crime-solving skills and kept them on the edge of their seats. Foul play, mystery, and the macabre set the stage for unforgettable characters who struggled with the complexities of life and their own morality. In these pages, you’ll find eighteen stories that showcase Margery Allingham’s wit, sharp characterization, and clever plotting. From her famous detective’s swift dispatch of a case in “Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day,” to ghost-hunting in a terrorized village in “’Tis Not Hereafter,” to a debate about—and proof of—good and evil in “The Wink,” Margery Allingham shows why she “deserves to be rediscovered” (P. D. James, New York Times–bestselling author). Praise for Margery Allingham “[Allingham was a] rare and precious talent.” —The Washington Post “Don’t start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction.” —The Independent “One of the finest Golden-Age crime novelists.” —The Sunday Telegraph

Author : Ian Carter
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719059667
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railways and Culture in Britain written by Ian Carter and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 19th-century steam railway epitomized modernity's relentlessly onrushing advance. Ian Carter delves into the cultural impact of the train. Why, for example, did Britain possess no great railway novel? He compares fiction and images by canonical British figures (Turner, Dickens, Arnold Bennett) with selected French and Russian competitors: Tolstoy, Zola, Monet, Manet. He argues that while high cultural work on the British steam railway is thin, British popular culture did not ignore it. Detailed discussions of comic fiction, crime fiction, and cartoons reveal a popular fascination with railways tumbling from vast (and hitherto unexplored) stores of critically overlooked genres.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2432 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 2432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Margery Allingham
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504087992
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More Work for the Undertaker written by Margery Allingham and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A top-notch mystery full of keen characterization, humor, old English atmosphere, a charmingly decadent family, and a few sudden deaths.” —The New York Times A beggarwoman on a bench arouses Albert Campion’s curiosity—and helps Scotland Yard lure him into a case of family dysfunction. The seemingly destitute woman is none other than a member of the eccentric Palinode family, which has recently lost two of its members. The police suspect a poisoner is on the loose, which is why Campion is willing to go undercover as a lodger in the boardinghouse where they live. As the recently deceased are exhumed, Campion becomes acquainted with the old-fashioned, out-of-the-ordinary family members, who talk in crossword puzzle clues, sneak out at night, and cook vats of stinky food in the basement to save money. And if that’s not enough to keep Campion on his toes, the local undertaker seems to be digging himself into a hole . . . Praise for Margery Allingham “Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light.” —Agatha Christie “The best of mystery writers.” —The New Yorker “Don’t start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction.” —The Independent “One of the finest Golden-Age crime novelists.” —The Sunday Telegraph “Spending an evening with Campion is one of life’s pure pleasures.” —The Sunday Times

Author : Victoria Nichols
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780810833937
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silk Stalkings written by Victoria Nichols and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a comprehensive survey of series characters created by women authors in crime and mystery fiction from 1867 to 1997.

Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2000 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British National Bibliography written by Arthur James Wells and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 2000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: